On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 7:23 PM, Marsh Ray <ma...@extendedsubset.com> wrote: > On 07/15/2011 11:21 PM, Ian Goldberg wrote: >> >> Just to be clear: there are _no_ OTR-related mathematical points or >> issues here. The logs were in plain text. OTR has nothing at all to do >> with their deniability. > > It's a good bet the entirety of the informant's PC was acquired for computer > forensic analysis, as well as every PC Manning is known to have touched. > There's a good chance some traffic data was retained from the network where > Manning allegedly did the chatting and data transfer. > > Sure the logs we see are in plain text, but that's almost certainly not all > the data in play. Deniability may yet still depend on OTR and its > implementation. > > Note that the logs indicate the parties were unauthenticated and the > connection was bouncing. Was this a man-in-the-middle interception? Does the > protocol and implementation issue a message to the user when an > "unauthenticated" identity changes its key? If you'll notice, Lamo started with leading questions in the previous transcript, so I believe the FBI was already in the loop (and probably gathering evidence directly from Lamo's machine). I suspect the NSA or some other agency caught wind (via spying on the FBI!), and started their own reconnaissance and information gathering in the network.
Jeff > http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/07/manning-lamo-logs#m765 > >> (01:37:03 AM) bradass87 has signed on. >> >> (01:37:51 AM) bradass87: no no… im at FOB hammer (re: green zone); persona >> is killing the fuck out of me at this point… =L >> >> (01:37:51 AM) i...@adrianlamo.com <AUTO-REPLY>: I’m not here right now >> >> (01:37:55 AM) Error setting up private conversation: Malformed message >> received >> >> (01:37:55 AM) We received an unreadable encrypted message from bradass87. >> >> (01:37:58 AM) bradass87: [resent] <HTML>no no… im at FOB hammer (re: green >> zone); persona is killing the fuck out of me at this point… =L >> >> (01:38:07 AM) bradass87 has ended his/her private conversation with you; >> you should do the same. >> >> (01:38:18 AM) Error setting up private conversation: Malformed message >> received >> >> (01:38:20 AM) The encrypted message received from bradass87 is unreadable, >> as you are not currently communicating privately. >> >> (01:38:30 AM) Error setting up private conversation: Malformed message >> received >> >> (01:38:33 AM) The encrypted message received from bradass87 is unreadable, >> as you are not currently communicating privately. >> >> (01:38:43 AM) Error setting up private conversation: Malformed message >> received >> >> (01:38:46 AM) The encrypted message received from bradass87 is unreadable, >> as you are not currently communicating privately. >> >> (01:38:57 AM) Error setting up private conversation: Malformed message >> received >> >> (01:38:59 AM) The encrypted message received from bradass87 is unreadable, >> as you are not currently communicating privately. >> >> (01:39:10 AM) Error setting up private conversation: Malformed message >> received >> >> (01:39:13 AM) The encrypted message received from bradass87 is unreadable, >> as you are not currently communicating privately. >> >> (01:39:22 AM) Error setting up private conversation: Malformed message >> received >> >> (01:39:25 AM) The encrypted message received from bradass87 is unreadable, >> as you are not currently communicating privately. >> >> (01:39:36 AM) Error setting up private conversation: Malformed message >> received >> >> (01:39:39 AM) The encrypted message received from bradass87 is unreadable, >> as you are not currently communicating privately. >> >> (01:39:49 AM) Error setting up private conversation: Malformed message >> received >> >> (01:39:52 AM) The encrypted message received from bradass87 is unreadable, >> as you are not currently communicating privately. >> >> (01:40:02 AM) Error setting up private conversation: Malformed message >> received >> >> (01:40:04 AM) The encrypted message received from bradass87 is unreadable, >> as you are not currently communicating privately. >> >> (01:40:15 AM) Error setting up private conversation: Malformed message >> received >> >> (01:40:18 AM) The encrypted message received from bradass87 is unreadable, >> as you are not currently communicating privately. >> >> (01:40:30 AM) Error setting up private conversation: Malformed message >> received >> >> (01:40:31 AM) The encrypted message received from bradass87 is unreadable, >> as you are not currently communicating privately. >> >> (01:40:41 AM) Error setting up private conversation: Malformed message >> received >> >> (01:40:45 AM) The encrypted message received from bradass87 is unreadable, >> as you are not currently communicating privately. >> >> (01:40:54 AM) Error setting up private conversation: Malformed message >> received >> >> (01:40:57 AM) The encrypted message received from bradass87 is unreadable, >> as you are not currently communicating privately. >> >> (01:41:08 AM) Error setting up private conversation: Malformed message >> received >> >> (01:41:10 AM) The encrypted message received from bradass87 is unreadable, >> as you are not currently communicating privately. >> >> (01:41:21 AM) Error setting up private conversation: Malformed message >> received >> >> (01:41:23 AM) The encrypted message received from bradass87 is unreadable, >> as you are not currently communicating privately. >> >> (01:41:37 AM) Error setting up private conversation: Malformed message >> received >> >> (01:41:50 AM) Error setting up private conversation: Malformed message >> received >> >> (01:41:52 AM) The encrypted message received from bradass87 is unreadable, >> as you are not currently communicating privately. >> >> (01:42:03 AM) Error setting up private conversation: Malformed message >> received >> >> (01:42:05 AM) The encrypted message received from bradass87 is unreadable, >> as you are not currently communicating privately. >> >> (01:42:19 AM) Error setting up private conversation: Malformed message >> received >> >> (01:45:17 AM) The encrypted message received from bradass87 is unreadable, >> as you are not currently communicating privately. >> >> (01:45:20 AM) Unverified conversation with bradass87 started. >> >> (01:45:20 AM) bradass87: [resent] <HTML>otr fritzing >> >> (01:45:40 AM) bradass87 has ended his/her private conversation with you; >> you should do the same. >> >> (01:45:46 AM) The following message received from bradass87 was not >> encrypted: [otr is bugging out] >> >> (01:45:54 AM) Unverified conversation with bradass87 started. >> >> (01:46:02 AM) bradass87: no no… im at FOB hammer (re: green zone); persona >> is killing the fuck out of me at this point… =L >> >> (01:46:15 AM) bradass87: [phew, seems to be working now] >> >> (01:47:36 AM) i...@adrianlamo.com: :) >> > > _______________________________________________ > cryptography mailing list > cryptography@randombit.net > http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography > _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list cryptography@randombit.net http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
